It's silly to say it about a tennis player, but I'm an unbelievable hero in Germany. And Germany needs heroes more than any place.~Boris Becker

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I was in the tennis bubble. I wasn't thinking about the big picture. I didn't notice what they said on television, I wasn't reading any papers. I had a coach and a manager, and they kept me in the bubble.~Boris Becker

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A few years after my first son was born, he wanted to know how we chose his name, so I began reading him the story of Noah's Ark.~Boris Becker

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When you are thrown onto the stage at 17 in such an enormous way, it becomes living on the edge because every step you take, every word you speak, every action you do becomes headline news. And it became, for me, life or death.~Boris Becker

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Where do you go when you're the best in the world? What's next?~Boris Becker

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I believed in raising my children as I had been raised.~Boris Becker

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I'm not a God, I make mistakes.~Boris Becker

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I met with my lawyers. They gave me all the wrong advice. For a long time I refused to accept the child was mine. I should have met her, arranged a DNA test and accepted my responsibility.~Boris Becker

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It was a confusing time in my life, a really bad day at the office.~Boris Becker

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I go to London, my favourite city in the world, and I feel at home.~Boris Becker

The eyes of some of the fans at Davis Cup matches scare me. There's no light in them. Fixed emotions. Blind worship. Horror. It makes me think of what happened to us long ago.~Boris Becker

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The suit-and-tie job is very nice but it's not really who I am in my heart.~Boris Becker

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I lost in the second round of the French Open and had 10 days off. I went to the Hard Rock Cafe. It was exciting to be away from my parents, to stay in a hotel. Hotels at 17 meant freedom.~Boris Becker

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For a year, I had all sorts of weirdos coming on to me.~Boris Becker

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I believe that everything in life happens for a reason.~Boris Becker

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So this is it. Match point for eternity.~Boris Becker

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Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing.~Boris Becker

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I don't know how many millions of photographs have been taken of me.~Boris Becker

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I love the winning, I can take the losing, but most of all I Love to play.~Boris Becker

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I want to be a hero, a small and good kind of hero, even though I know heroes have very short lives.~Boris Becker

How do you build a relationship when you've hardly shared a word but suddenly share a child? How do you love a daughter you don't see for nearly two years? When does she become your daughter? How does she become your daughter?~Boris Becker

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Does anyone ask their parents how they are conceived?~Boris Becker

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I don't really care what the man on the street thinks. I never did anything to please him in the first place, and I'm not going to start now.~Boris Becker

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I can't change history, I don't want to change history. I can only change the future. I'm working on that.~Boris Becker